Into the Lyon's Den

Wealthy recluse Anthony Lyons lures Marie Maxwell, Atlanta's most sought-after event planner, to his isolated estate in North Carolina to coordinate a wedding and reception for a "very special couple."

Despite her sophisticated veneer, Marie's a street-smart orphan without a past. Adopted by the owners of the elegant Hotel Maxwell, she was raised in the business. For an outrageous fee, Marie accepts Lyons' challenge to plan a wedding for 200 guests in 10 days at Lyons' Den. Her work is complicated by an absent bride and bridegroom and an arrogant and exasperating employer who is too interested in her and her personal life—especially those lost years.

Confronted by a mysterious stalker, two murder attempts and dark shadows from her shrouded past, Marie finds an ally in an amorous feline of some unknown species. But who's got it in for her? And what's with Anthony and all the cats?